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ISSF Shotgun World Championship - medals, records, and Rio 2016 quotas wrap-up

ISSF World Championship Shotgun · Lonato, ITA

The 2015 ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Lonato, Italy, came to an end, today. 10 Rio 2016 Olympic Quotas were assigned during the championship. Host nation Italy finished atop of the medal standings.

 

Today's men's and men's junior Skeet finals concluded the 2015 ISSF Shotgun World Championship conducted in Lonato, Italy, from the 10th through the 17th of September.

 


The medals standings:

The host country, Italy, finished atop of the overall medal standings, with 4 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals (including individual, teams, senior and junior medals). The Russian Federation followed in second place with 11 medals (4 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze), while the United States of America took the third place - thanks to today's gold won by Vincent Hancock at the men's skeet final - with a total of 12 medals (4 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze).

Medal standings - after 10 out of 10 events

Rank Nation Individual Team Total
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 ITA 2 2 1 2 4 1 4 6 2 12
2 RUS 1 3 3 3 1 4 6 1 11
3 USA 2 3 2 2 3 4 3 5 12
4 GBR 1 1 2 2 1 1 4
4 SVK 2 1 1 2 1 1 4
6 CHN 2 1 2 2 3 5
7 FRA 1 1 1 1 2
8 ESP 1 1 1
9 FIN 2 2 2
10 AUS 1 1 1
10 BEL 1 1 1
10 CYP 1 1 1
10 IND 1 1 1
10 KUW 1 1 1
10 PRK 1 1 1
10 SMR 1 1 1
10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 60

Rio 2016 Quota places:

10 Rio 2016 Olympic quota places were assigned by the ISSF during the Championship, and were won by the following athletes for their countries.

Event

Name

Nat

Trap Men

MOTTET Maxime

BEL

ALMUDHAF Khaled

KUW

Double Trap Men

KNEALE Tim

GBR

ALAFASI Ahmad

KUW

Skeet Men

KHAN Mairaj Ahmad

IND

BUCHHEIM Ralf

GER

Trap Women

TKACH Elena

RUS

PAK Yong Hui

PRK

Skeet Women

JAHODOVA Libuse

CZE

ELEFTHERIOU Andri

CYP



Records broken / equalled:

Three world records were equalled during the championship, and a new record was established.

 

France's Anthony Terras equalled the 125-hit world record at today's skeet men competition, while Finland's Eetu Kallioinen equalled the men's junior skeet record of 124 hits.

 

Earlier this week the US Skeet Women team had equalled the 215-hit world record, and the US Junior Skeet Women team had established a new world record of 206 hits, shuttering the previous 204-hit record.

 

Medalists by Event - after 10 out of 10 events

Event Date Medal Name Nation
Trap Men 12 SEP 2015 Gold VARGA Erik SVK
Silver PELLIELO Giovanni ITA
Bronze MOTTET Maxime BEL
Double Trap Men 14 SEP 2015 Gold MOSIN Vasily RUS
Silver KNEALE Tim GBR
Bronze ALAFASI Ahmad KUW
Skeet Men 17 SEP 2015 Gold HANCOCK Vincent USA
Silver TERRAS Anthony FRA
Bronze ROSSETTI Gabriele ITA
Trap Women 11 SEP 2015 Gold GALVEZ Fatima ESP
Silver TKACH Elena RUS
Bronze PAK Yong Hui PRK
Skeet Women 13 SEP 2015 Gold CRAFT Morgan USA
Silver CONNOR Caitlin USA
Bronze WEI Ning CHN
Trap Men Junior 12 SEP 2015 Gold PRAJ Filip SVK
Silver MIOTTO Luca ITA
Bronze DROBNY Adrian SVK
Double Trap Men Junior 14 SEP 2015 Gold HUANG Xiaomin CHN
Silver FOKEEV Kirill RUS
Bronze GORSUCH Conner James GBR
Skeet Men Junior 17 SEP 2015 Gold PALMUCCI Valerio ITA
Silver JUNGMAN Phillip Russell USA
Bronze VASILIOU Nicolas CYP
Trap Women Junior 11 SEP 2015 Gold IEZZI Alessia ITA
Silver TUGOLUKOVA Yulia RUS
Bronze RODITIS Ellie USA
Skeet Women Junior 13 SEP 2015 Gold CHE Yufei CHN
Silver CARSON Sydney USA
Bronze VIZZI Dania Jo USA

Medalists by Event (Team) - after 10 out of 10 events

Event Date Medal Name Nation
Trap Men Team 12 SEP 2015 Gold Russian Federation RUS
Silver Italy ITA
Bronze San Marino SMR
Double Trap Men Team 14 SEP 2015 Gold Great Britain GBR
Silver Russian Federation RUS
Bronze India IND
Skeet Men Team 17 SEP 2015 Gold France FRA
Silver Italy ITA
Bronze United States of America USA
Trap Women Team 11 SEP 2015 Gold Great Britain GBR
Silver Finland FIN
Bronze Russian Federation RUS
Skeet Women Team 13 SEP 2015 Gold United States of America USA
Silver Italy ITA
Bronze People's Republic of China CHN
Trap Men Junior Team 12 SEP 2015 Gold Russian Federation RUS
Silver Slovakia SVK
Bronze Australia AUS
Double Trap Men Junior Team 14 SEP 2015 Gold Italy ITA
Silver Russian Federation RUS
Bronze People's Republic of China CHN
Skeet Men Junior Team 17 SEP 2015 Gold Italy ITA
Silver Finland FIN
Bronze United States of America USA
Trap Women Junior Team 11 SEP 2015 Gold Russian Federation RUS
Silver Italy ITA
Bronze United States of America USA
Skeet Women Junior Team 13 SEP 2015 Gold United States of America USA
Silver Russian Federation RUS
Bronze Italy ITA

Marco Dalla Dea

 

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